Life cycle assessment of a power tower concentrating solar plant and the impacts of key design alternatives

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5896-5903

  Whitaker, Michael B ^a   Heath, Garvin A ^b   Burkhardt, John J ^b   Turchi, Craig S ^b  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING SOLAR; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; ENERGY PAYBACK TIME (EPBT); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SUSTAINABILITY METRICS; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS;

DESIGN; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT STORAGE; NATURAL GAS; SALTS; SOLAR ENERGY; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

LIFE CYCLE;

NITRATE;

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOLAR POWER; THERMOCLINE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; FLUID INTAKE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR PLANT; THERMOCLINE;

ARIZONA; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS, NATURAL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SOLAR ENERGY;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878653228     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400821x     Document Type: Article

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